Feature: lived experience of health anxiety

Anxiety can manifest in an excessive worry about your health, and it can be debilitating. But there are effective treatments. 

Also, antidepressants can be difficult to come off because of the withdrawal symptoms. An expert highlights the need to better educate patients and doctors on deprescribing. 

Another instalment of Stroke of Luck, a series on the experience of having a stroke and the recovery process. 

And a look back at the year: infectious diseases. 

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• Why the US measles outbreak is so concerning
• How Australia's measles vaccine coverage compares to the US
• Antidepressant prescribing in Australian primary care: time to reevaluate
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• Health anxiety information and workbook
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